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The Baptism  1892

by Julius LeBlanc Stewart

Stewart’s paintings of the elegant and fashionable world in which he lived were sometimes inspired by specific events and often included his friends. In The Baptism he depicted with a studied realism an elaborate interior and the costume of members of high society gathered to witness the baptism of one of their own. The realistic details suggest that the figures were portr...
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Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art